Surround — Defs

01 v. t. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding

1.
To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2.
To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
“But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me.” — Milton.
3.
To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.[Obs.]
4.
To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.(Mil.)

Syn. To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.

02 n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.

1.
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.[U.S.]